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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2009
Applicant:
Rainer M. Kossat, Deutschland, DE;
Inventor:
Rainer M. Kossat, Deutschland, DE;
Assignee:
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/255 (2006.01); C03B 37/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A splicing device for optical fibers comprises a programmable splicing apparatus which can be controlled by means of at least one program parameter, for connecting optical fibers, and a speech recognition unit. Spoken text is detected via the speech recognition unit, and a spoken command is determined from the detected spoken text. The at least one program parameter of the splicing apparatus is adjusted and/or the splicing apparatus is controlled as a function of the determined spoken command.